I have been away from developments in the larger Linux world since quite some time. I’m not a distrohopper any more. I’ve kinda settled down on my (childhood) favorite openSUSE. I’d installed version 13.1 about two years ago on my brand new laptop. A few days ago I decided to update my KDE 4 to Plasma […]
Moved to a new webhost
Posted on under Life & Thoughts — Leave a commentHere I am. With Arvixe. After 8 years with DreamHost, I made the move to save money. Shit loads of money. Hosting with DreamHost was a smooth and wonderful but expensive journey. Their support and technical expertise are unmatched, things that came in pretty handy while hosting a Linux distro (Granular, remember?). In its heydays, […]
The Problem of Run-Once Controllers in Ionic
Posted on under Coding & Tech — Leave a commentIonic is based on Angular. Angular has views and controllers. A view’s controller is supposed to execute each time the view is opened or navigated to. In Ionic, that doesn’t happen. Take for instance this setup: you’re building a social app that has a Login view. You’ve configured the routes such that the Home view […]
My FOSDEM ’14 Lightening Talk
Posted on under Public Speaking — Leave a commentI just realised that I completely forgot to cover my Brussels trip of last year. Shame on me! I had been meaning to do that since more than a year, but never really got myself to sit down and write [a lengthy post]. Before going any further, I promise that I’ll keep this one short. […]
Do not go gentle into that good night
Posted on under Life & Thoughts — Leave a commentHence, I submit to my uncontrolled urge to share this beautiful poem I heard in Interstellar. Dylan Thomas, 1951 Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, […]